Turkish businesswoman Suna Kirac is the Vice Chairman and Director of Koc Holding, with an estimated net worth of $2.6 billion as of March 2013. According to Forbes, she is the ninth wealthiest person in Turkey, and 554th in the world.

Kirac was born in 1941 in Ankara. She is the youngest daughter of Vehbi Koc, the founder of Koc Holding. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Nakkastepe, Istanbul. She has held various positions in the family company.

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Aside from being born to a wealthy family, Kirac is married to an equally rich and successful husband, Inan Kirac. He is the owner of Karsan, one of the three companies that made it to the final round in the New York Cab Tender along with Ford and Nissan. Together, they co-founded the Pera Museum which houses the Anatolian weights and measures, Kutayha glazed tiles and ceramics as well as Orientalist paintings.

Other close family members who are also billionaires included her sister Semahat Arsel, brother Rahmi Koc, and her nephews Mustafa, Omer and Ali Koc. She has an only child who will inherit the fortune that she holds together with her husband.